josephstern

Where on the website do you see your expiration date? I'm digging all around and I can't find it. I think my miles may never expire, but I kinda want to check before I have this same problem.

lkar

Unlike some airlines' web sites, the US site doesn't show you your expiration date -- at least not anywhere I can see. You need to find your last activity date and make sure it was within the last 18 months. Some of the miles tracker sites like awardwallet will do the math for you. Can't say for sure it's accurate, but it seems to be for me.

Unless you have some special deal or there was granfathering, all USAir miles are subject to forfeiture. It's in the terms and conditions. https://membership.usairways.com/en-...mberguide.html

jerseyfinn

DM policy changed a long time ago. T&C are pretty simple and straight forward. One has 18 months to either fly BIS, purchase something from a DM vendor, or to use the US Air Barclay credit card for one single charged item to earn FF miles and keep an account active for another 18 months. You say it's been three years so you have missed two inactivity cycles.

When one opens a DM account with US and sets their customer preferences to receive e-mail notifications, US will begin to remind you that your clock is ticking down some 3 to 6 months prior to the expiry mark. I suspect that they will also send mail announcing the same. If the ( now expired ) miles in your account are important, you might ask if you can reinstate them for a fee, but given your 3 year lapse, I think the ball game might be over.

Barry

josephstern

No iTunes in their shopping mall, so any ideas on the cheapest way to extend the expiration date here?

BoeingBoy

With Home Depot, K-Mart, and Sears in the shopping mall you should be able to find something inexpensive if you just want to extend the expiration date of your miles another 18 months. Just be sure to go through the shopping mall link to get to the merchant's website.

Jim

dcpatti

There are a couple of sites like eRewards that give US miles for filling put surveys. It is free but not fast; you need a certain number of surveys to get enough miles to have them transfer over to DM. If you've got 3 months or so till your miles expire, you could get your account activity for free by doing the surveys.

alanh

There's also DM Dining; you can buy something cheap to eat or drink.

geo1005

This is a very easy way to extend one's miles. Sign up, register one debit/credit card with DM Dining and then go have lunch. Check your zip-code to see which nearby restaurants participate.

bucketlist

Just signed up for DM dining (after trying w/out success to buy an i-tune and the shopping mall. At least DM worked - got some pizza 4 or 5 days ago (using my United MP Visa) and received a notice today that some DM miles earned.

Am not saying that i-tunes, etc. don't work, just that they've been frustrating for me and dining has worked. Check for list of restaurants in your area, there's usually a pizza place listed.

BoeingBoy

When it was earlier mentioned that I-tunes didn't count I checked - the Apple Store in the DM Mall excludes I-Tunes now.

Jim

stockmanjr

Sears gift cards earn miles,and can be used at Lands end,and Kmart as well.
Cheers
Howie

mrblueeyes

Does this actually work? I thought it would so I donated 1,000 miles about 2 weeks ago. The miles have been removed from my account but my activity history is still blank for the last month. Just don't want to lose the 100k miles I have. Thanks!

vincentvan

It is points.com. The miles post almost immediately.

mrblueeyes

Anyone have any insight on my question above?

liquid

Worked for me - I purchased a $5 Sears gift card from the on-line mall on June 11 and the miles posted to my account on June 24.